Thomas kelly



(No Model.)

T. KELLY. EASBL AL UM.

No. 436,243. Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

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Jr xi J A TTORNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS KELLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EASEL-ALBU M.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,243, dated September 9, 1890. Application filed January 6, 1890. Serial No. $135,996. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS KELLY, of the city of New York, in the bounty and State of New York, have. invented a new and Improved Easel-Album, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved easel-album which is simple and durable in construction, very ornamental in appearance, and is provided with a secret drawer for storing odd pictures and other articles.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvementwith the book open; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe same, showing the book closed.

The improved album A is procided with an ornamental base B, on which is held a book 0, provided with the fixed back D and the leaves E, connected to the base B so as to swing open, as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 1.

The book 0 is also provided with the usual front cover F, adapted to lock the several leaves E in place on the back D, as is shown in Fig. 2. In order to securely hold the back D in place, a post G is secured to the base in the rear of the back D and connected with the latter near its upper end, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The base B, besides being ornamental, is made hollow and is provided with a drawer H, adapted to be drawn out in front and serving to store pictures and other articles preparatory to placing the pictures in the album.

As shown, the front rail of the drawer H forms part of thebase B, so that when the its front rail serves as a support for the swing- I ing cover F. (See dotted lines, Fig. 1.)

As shown in Fig. 1, the book 0 is made oblong, and its leaves E are formed for the reception of two pictures-one alongside the other-so as to increase the capacity of the book, at the same time making it very ornamental in appearance, being considerably wider than it is high.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An easel-album consisting in a base, and an upwardly projecting album the back proper of which is secured to the base, and having two exposed covers the rear one of which is fixed and the front one hinged, whereby the front cover and leaves may be swung down at an angle to the fixed back, substantially as set forth.

2. An easel-album provided with a fiatbase, and an album having its back secured to the top of the base and having an inner fixed cover D and an outer downwardlyswinging cover F, and a brace G, connecting the base and the fixed cover, both lids or covers of the album being uninclosed and fully exposed above the base, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, with the hollow base,-

an album having its back secured upon the top of'the base and having a fixed inner cover D and a downwardly-swinging outer cover F, of a drawer sliding in said base, the front rail of the drawer when the latteris drawn out forming a rest for the cover F when it is swung down, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS KELLY. Vitnesses:

C. SEDGWIOK, THEo. G. HOSTER. 

